It was only a few days ago that Qatar completed its participation in the ‘Joint Gulf Shield 1’ drill in Saudi Arabia.

Lulwah Rashid Al Khater, official spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, has now expressed hope that it would prove to be a new beginning towards solving the Gulf crisis. 

“So far, we don’t see any solution at the required level, but the Defense Ministry announced the presence of a Qatari military delegation in Saudi Arabia to participate in Gulf Shield drill. Qatar is always welcome to the idea of dialogue and sitting at the negotiating table,” Al Khater was quoted as saying by The Penisula.

“We cannot predict the positions of the blockade countries. We’ve seen from the recent past that it’s very difficult to predict their reaction or decisions, like what happened at the Gulf summit in Kuwait, where we expected the meet to be at the level of leaders, but we were surprised that these countries reduced their representation. To predict what they decide is difficult,” she said.